Question

    As we all know, bikes are usually made of steel. But can you imagine that they can also be made of bamboo? Do you want to make your own bike with bamboo? You can do it at the Bamboo bike Studio in New York. People can learn how to make their own bamboo bikes there.

The studio is also helping build factories in Ghana, a country in western Africa. The factories will make cheap bamboo bikes.

Bamboo grows everywhere in Ghana. It also grows in America. Bamboo is a grass, not a tree, and it is one of the fastest-growing plants in the world.

Bamboo is as good as steel for building a good bike. Mary Odlin works at the studio. He says a bamboo bike is the wonderful everyday bike.

In Ghana, bikes are very popular. Few people have money to buy a car. Bikes are useful and people use them to carry most of the country’s food and other goods.

The people of Ghana are also too poor and they can’t build factories to make steel bikes. But making bamboo bikes is cheap. Odlin plans to show Ghanaian workers how to quickly make bamboo bikes. He says each worker can make about four bikes a day.

“In America, we have too many goods,” says Odlin. “So we don’t appreciate (感激) what we have. In Ghana, people don’t have many goods. We want people in America to have a better relationship with their goods and people in Ghana to have more goods.”

1.According to the passage, bamboo __________.

A.sells well in Ghana B.is everywhere in Ghana

C.is very expensive in America D.is mainly used to make bikes in America

2.Why are bikes so popular in Ghana?

A.Because Ghanaian people have few goods.

B.Because most Ghanaian people like bikes.

C.Because there aren’t any factories to make cars in Ghana.

D.Because bikes are cheap and useful for carrying things.

3.Is bamboo a tree? (不超过5个词)

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4.How many bamboo bikes can each worker make a day? (不超过5个词)

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5.What does Odlin hope people in America to do? (不超过15词)

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Answer

1.B

2.D

3.No, it’s a grass.

4.About four bikes.

5.Americans have a better relationship with goods and people in Ghana to have more goods.

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，介绍了非洲的加纳这个城市盛产竹子，竹子可以用来制作自行车，便于人们搬运食物和其他货物。美国有很多的货物，我们希望美国和加纳有很好的关系让加纳有更多的货物。

1.细节理解题。根据第三段第一句“Bamboo grows everywhere in Ghana.”可知，加纳到处有竹子。故选B。

2.细节理解题。根据第五段“In Ghana, bikes are very popular…Bikes are useful and people use them to carry most of the country’s food and other goods.”可知，自行车在加纳很受欢迎。自行车很有用，人们用它搬运国家的大部分食物和其他货物；根据第六段“The people of Ghana are also too poor…But making bamboo bikes is cheap.”可知，加纳人很穷，但是生产竹子自行车是很便宜的。故选D。

3.根据第三段第三句“Bamboo is a grass, not a tree…”可知，竹子是一种草，不是一种树，首字母大写，不超过五个词，故答案为No, it’s a grass.

4.根据第六段最后一句“He says each worker can make about four bikes a day.”可知，每个工人可以一天生产大约四辆车，首字母大写，不超过五个词，故答案为About four bikes.

5.根据最后一段最后一句“We want people in America to have a better relationship with their goods and people in Ghana to have more goods”可知，美国有很多的货物，我们希望美国和加纳有很好的关系让加纳有更多的货物。首字母大写，不超过15个词，故答案为Americans have a better relationship with goods and people in Ghana to have more goods.